Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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SONNET,
TO AN INVISIBLE MISTRESS.
And shall I live to love, yet hide my pain,Nor breathe one whisper, fraught with secret sighs,
Shall I not, to the savage shore complain,
Or tell the wind, that o'er yon ocean flies?
Ah no!—lest babbling Echo catch her name,
Lest some too busy sprite, the tale proclaim,
And lean, to hear my passion from the skies.
Yes, sweet Invisible, more firm than steel,
My breast, my breast, thy dear name shall conceal;
In that strong casket, precious jewel, rest!
Till Death unlock the whole, till common clay
Makes that retentive hoard, no more a Breast.
Not, in delirious trance that word shall 'scape,
For Secrecy, in Slumber's languid shape,
Shall mar each syllable, that could combine,
To frame that word, which ever shall be Mine.
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